Griffin Judicial Circuit’s public defender W. Allen Adams filed a motion to retry the case of Chiquita Dior Snipes in which she was found guilty of the murder of 2-year-old Ty’Quan Edge and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Kenisha Shontee Neal was 23 at the time of the toddler’s death and she pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison with a possibility for parole. Both Neal and Chiquita Dior Snipes faced murder charges and charges of aggravated assault, cruelty to children in the first degree and cruelty to children in the second degree.

Judge Christopher Edwards presided over the original trial against Snipes and was also the judge to hear the motion to retry the case.
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An early morning report of a stolen car in Williamson on Vaughn Lane led to the arrest of Austin Brazel, 20, Rodney Miller, 19, Tristian Montfort, 21, and Travis Hoard, 22. Darren Jenkins was arrested the next day.
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Investigators with the Pike County Sheriff’s Office recently arrested Justus Hughley, 22, for the charge of Computer Theft after a report of a fraudulent gofundme.com account that was accepting money on behalf of the family of the late Dylan Thomas.
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